Fast forward to 2010, and Longchamp Paris, at least in Pinas, is the current rage in bags. And in typical Pinoy fashion, what usually costs about 100 USD in Seoul (and this is not from Duty Free Shops but the regular Longchamp store in Seoul’s Lotte Department Store) is priced at 7k in Pinas. Is it just me, or do retailers in Pinas intentionally jack up their prices to make their items more “high-end” thus more desirable? ( Another case in point, a friend bought an LV wallet in Greenbelt during his vacation. When he came back to Seoul, we checked the price at the local LV shop, and we were surprised that the wallet was actually 3k pesos cheaper in Seoul !)
Anyway, on my recent trip home to Pinas, I had to purchase a few LC bags for some clients (Apparently, what I sold for about 5.7k in Pinas was 9k in a Department Store in Manila). And the God of Bags and Sneakery played a trick on me, a decidedly non-fan of LC.
I saw the bag and I know I had to buy it.
There is no model written at the back though. It just says “ Modele Depose” so I don’t actually know the exact model , but it’s a medium, long handle LC with fabric (thick canvass?) material. It’s pretty neutral-looking with its stripes, which is fine by me as I use it both for work and play.I like how it looks small when the sides are folded but it's big enough to be my trusty shopping bag on weekends .
Not a bad deal for a $130.00 bag.
And though I still don’t particularly like LC’s regular mono-colored shopping bags ( I find them overpriced considering they’re made of PVC material), come May, on my way back to Pinas for a short break, I am now sure I’d make time for a short detour to the Longchamp DFS for my LC fix ;-)
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